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As an archetype, Pharaoh is not a bad actor, he is simply an aspect of each one of us, our being in denial and thus chaotically attending to too many things in experience.1 The same is true for his servants (עבדיו), our acts of devoting attention in experience.2 The antagonism stems from his (our) refusal to remain mindful of G-d’s bringing forth of existence (Y-H-W-H), his refusal to send forth the people (עם).3 HaShem’s solution is to set before us his signs that indicate the way (אותות) and to make us recount (תספר) how G-d takes himself around and performs (התעלל), while we attempt to feverishly focus upon the many things narrowing in from experience (מ�